16:9 Projects Podcast: A 16K LED Ceiling On Chicago’s Magnificent Mile March 23, 2018 by Dave Haynes While shopping at Chicago’s Magnificent Mile mall patrons can look to the ceiling and see a 190 foot long canopy of trees. Or, if they look at another moment, they may see a kaleidoscope of colours or a flock of local birds. That’s because the skylight is actually a high definition LED canvas with content …
DSE 2018 Mixer Sponsor Profile – Wovenmedia March 22, 2018 by Dave Haynes In 2011, a group of industry experts got together to develop a cloud-based solution that would give businesses all the components required to create and manage highly engaging video networks for TV, web and mobile screens. The key components for Wovenmedia were: an integrated video processing engine to take the heavy lifting out of tracking …
DSE 2018 Booth Previews: D3 Inviting Attendees To Run Its Powerful LED Wall Controller March 21, 2018 by Dave Haynes D3 LED – Booth Number 1351 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Come Out and Play: This year we’re putting our guests in the driver’s seat. Grab our iPad and take command of the industry’s most robust all-in-one controller. You’ll experiment with a variety …
Seenspire Launches Pay-Per-Screen, All You Can Eat, Digital Signage Content Subscription Plan March 21, 2018 by Dave Haynes The guys at Belgium-based subscription content service Seenspire have launched what they’re calling the first ever pay-per-screen pricing plan for the digital signage industry, with unlimited access to Seenspire’s cloud-based content library of 250-plus feeds. The new plan applies a monthly fee per screen, done on a sliding scale that reduces the fee as networks add …
DSE 2018 Booth Previews – Mappedin Wants Attendees Navigating To Its Stand March 21, 2018 by Dave Haynes Mappedin – Booth #1370 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? The Mappedin booth will display a 3D, interactive map of the tradeshow floor. Attendees will be able to use our software to look up and navigate to their own booth, or any of …
Mission Accomplished – Parler Hired, Sorted Out March 21, 2018 by Dave Haynes Happy to report that Brad Parler – the brilliant content guy I wrote about recently who needed to get hired – has indeed now been hired. And quickly! He is now the Head of Content Strategy for UK-based ScreenCloud, though he will be working out Houston, TX, where he lives. Well done. Smart pickup by …
Chopper Hauls 300-Ft Projection-Mapped Screen Across Dubai Skyline March 20, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is the world’s largest aerial projection screen, executed (unsurprisingly) in or more accurately over Dubai recently. It involves a 300-foot fabric aerial screen towed by a Bell 212 Helicopter, while a second Bell 212 projected the video onto the screen, using projection mapping. The content is a visual tribute to Shaikh Zayed, who Wikipedia …
16:9 Mixer Sponsor Profiles – Screenfeed March 16, 2018 by Dave Haynes Screenfeed – 2728 A really good sign that the digital signage industry is maturing is that Screenfeed – one of the bright young companies in this space – is now 10 years old. The Twin Cities-area subscription content company has long done a terrific job of creating great-looking, rock-solid subscription content feeds that network operators …
Why Does My Digital Signage Look Dreadful? March 16, 2018 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix You’ve spent quite a bit of time and money choosing and implementing a comprehensive digital signage solution for your organization. Yet it doesn’t seem to be working: people aren’t following your calls to action, you notice no one looks at the screens when you do a walkthrough audit, and people …
Projects: Bank Of Hawaii’s Main Branch Uses 33 Feet Of 3MM LED In Refreshed Lobby March 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a good example of what I call the new lobby water fountain – a tight pitch LED video wall that’s the visual centerpiece of a big bank renovation. In the old days, big companies and office property developers put in water features in the lobbies and common areas. Now they’re putting in LED …
